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From: Andy Mender <andymenderunix@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] bash-4.4 - call for testers
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2016 21:56:43
Message-Id: CAHVfhuca6FkNJ4-AsDsdUef0CjPHear+BYDFP_zTFd1QMvSfJw@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] bash-4.4 - call for testers by Dan Douglas
1 Yes, I also wouldn't want to sacrifice something as relevant as the default
2 Shell interpreter.
3 I quickly checked other GNU/Linux distributions and even on Arch Linux Bash
4 4.3 seems to be the newest stable version.
5
6 Would it be OK to have the real stable version (now, Bash 4.3) as slot :0
7 and a single testing version (now, Bash 4.4) as slot:1 in addition to
8 needing the "~amd64" flag?
9
10 I believe the main problem comes from /bin/bash and potential symlinks that
11 would need to be introduced as part of the slotting.
12
13 Best regards,
14 Andy
15
16 On 29 September 2016 at 07:54, Dan Douglas <ormaaj@×××××.com> wrote:
17
18 > The only reason I haven't been testing this for many months
19 > system-wide is it's in the same slot as 4.3, and it still is. Is it
20 > not possible to separate them?
21 >
22 >

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Re: [gentoo-dev] bash-4.4 - call for testers Kent Fredric <kentnl@g.o>
Re: [gentoo-dev] bash-4.4 - call for testers konsolebox <konsolebox@×××××.com>